Lounge



P. RYAN.

(No Model.)

LOUNGE.

Patented July 1'7, 1888.

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NITED STATES FFICE.

PATENT LOUNGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,163, dated July 17,1888.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK RYAN, of Fitchburg, in the county ofWorcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvementin Lounges, of which the following is a descriptionsufficiently full, clear, and exact toenable any person skilled in theart or science to which said invention appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation,partly insection, showing my improved lounge arranged as a lounge; Fig. 2, an endelevation of the same, partly in section, when arranged as a bed; andFig. 3, a vertical transverse section on line 0000 in Fig. 1,representing the lounge so arranged as to use the bathing-tub.

Like letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts inthe diii'erent figures of the drawings.

My invention relates to that class of lounges which are adapted to beconverted into beds, bathing apparatus, 820.; and it consists in certain novel t'eatn res, as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed, theobject being to produce a simpler, cheaper, and otherwise more desirabledevice of this character than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understoodby all con vcrsant with such matters from the following explanation:

In the drawings, A represents the body; B, the back; 0, the head-piece,and K the seat.

The back B, head-piece O, and seat K are rigidly connected together andproperly upholstered, the seat being hinged at the front to the upperedge of the front portion of the body A, as shown at a. The body islined with zinc, 45, to serve as a bathing-tub, being provided near thebottom at one end with an outlet pipe, 7t, and near the top at theopposite end with an inlet-pipe, i.

The bottom of the zinc lining, 45, is inclined at the end of the tubnearest the inlet-pipe i, as shown at m, to form a chamber, 46, intowhich a door, H, opens through the end D of the body A, said chamberbeing designed to contain a lamp for heating the water, as hereinafterdescribed.

An inclined guard plate or deflector,f, is secured to the upper portionof the end D,aga i nst which the water strikes as it enters through thepipe i and passes in a thin sheet through the opening 9 between thelower end of said plate and the inclinedportion m of the zinc bottom,45, the water being heated on its pas sage over said inclined portion bya lamp in the chamber 46.

A lamp, J, is disposed in the chamber 46, said lamp being provided witha long wicktube, ill, and a short wick-tube, 25, the lamp being soarranged in said chamber that the long tube will stand adjacent the doorH to bring the tubes into proper relation to the inclined portion in ofthe zinc, 45. The lamp is also divided transversely by a partition, 47,to afford each wick an independent supply of oil, and thereby enable acomparatively short wick to be used in the long tube without floodingthe wick in the short tube, and vice versa.

Secured to the bottom of the seat K there is an upholstered bed'section,G, (see Figs. 2 and 3,) and hinged at h, to the front edge of saidsection, there is an upholstered bed-section,F, provided with lugs d,which are hinged thereto, as shown at 74, and which maybe turned backinto the positions represented by the dotted lines 75, when the loungeis arranged as a lounge.

The back B is provided with a series of pro jections, b, which serve aslegs to assistin supporting the seat Kwhen the lounge is arranged eitheras a bed or as a bathing apparatus.

In the use of myimprovement when it is desired to convert the loungeinto a bed the back 13 is turned down until the legs I) rest on thefloor, thereby inverting the seat K and bringing the upholstered bedsection G on the bot tom of its seat uppermost. The lugs d are thenmoved into the position shown in Fig. 3 and the upholstered bed-sectionF turned down until it rests, supported by said lugs, on the top of thebody A, the sections F and G being then in the same horizontal plane andconsti tuting a bed, as shown in Fig. 2. If, now, it

is desired to use the bathing-tub, the section F is turned back onto thesection G, as shown in Fig. 3, thereby opening or uncovering the body A,after which water may be let into the tub and heated in a manner thatwill be read ily understood by all conversantwith such matters without amore explicit description.

permitting the bed F to pass downward into the bathing-tub or body A tosuch an extent as not to interfere with the section G and enable theunder side of the seat K to rest on the,

top of said body. The hinge h is preferably composed of stout canvas,leather, or similar material and spans or covers the space between thetwo sections G F when they are turned down into horizontal positionsside by side, as shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus explained myinventiomwhat I. claim is 1. In a convertiblelounge of the character described, the combination of the followinginstrumentalities, to wit: a body provided with a water-tight lining andadapted to be used as a bathing-tub, a seat hinged to the upper portionof said body and provided on its under side with an upholsteredbed-section adapted to enter the upper portion of said body when theseat is closed, a back secured to one side of said seat, a head-piecesecured to 'one end of said seat, and an upholstered bed section hingedto one side of the bed section of the seat and provided with hinged lugsadapted to engage the top of the body and support it in a horizontalposition when thelounge is arranged as a bed, substantially as setforth.

2. In a convertible lounge of the character described, the combinationof the following instrumentalities, to wit: a body provided with awater-tight lining and adapted to be used as a bathing-tub, a seathinged to the upper portion of said body and provided on its underoutlet pipes for the water, substantially as set forth.

3. In a lounge of the character described, the combination of the bodyA, having the door H, the zinc lining, 45, disposed in said body andprovided with the inclined portion at at one end adjacent to said door,the inletpipe i, opening into said body above the inclined portion m,and the guard or deflectorf, disposed opposite the discharge-orifice ofthe inlet-pipe i over the inclined portion m, substantially as setforth.

4. In a lounge of the character described, the combination of the bodyA, having the door H, the zinc lining, 45, disposed in said body andprovided with the inclined portion in at one end adjacent to said door,the inletpipe 12, opening into said body above the inclined portion at,the guard or deflector f, disposed opposite the discharge orifice of theinlet-pipe 11 over the inclined portion m, and a lamp disposed in thechamber 46 beneath said inclined portion, substantially as specified.

FREDERICK RYAN.

Witnesses:

0. M. SHAW, E. M. SPINNEY.

